ISWS Press Release

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – February statewide precipitation averaged 2.45
inches, 0.52 inches above normal. Ft. Massac State Park reported the highest
monthly precipitation total of 6.03 inches, according to State Climatologist
Jim Angel of the Illinois State Water Survey (http://www.sws.uiuc.edu).

Meanwhile,
statewide snowfall was below normal; only the northern part of the state received
any significant amounts. Barrington reported the highest snowfall total of 8
inches. Amounts in the range of 3 to 7 inches were common in the wider Chicago
area.

The
statewide average temperature was 31.4 degrees, 1.2 degrees above normal. The
cold spot in the state in February was McHenry with a low of minus 9 degrees,
while the warmest spot was Cairo with a high of 72 degrees.

The Illinois State Water Survey,
at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign under the Institute of
Natural Resource Sustainability, is the primary agency in Illinois concerned
with water and atmospheric resources.